Kitten stabbed to death in drunken attack

johnnyskeleton · 11-09-2008 10:15pm #1

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/kitten-stabbed-to-death-in-drunken-attack-1473411.html

Kitten stabbed to death in drunken attack wrote:

A BRUTAL attack in which a kitten was stabbed and killed by a drunken man has shocked animal lovers.
The sickening incident in Limerick city has been described by animal workers in the region as one of the worst atrocities they have every come across.
A highly intoxicated man, aged in his 30s, is understood to be responsible for the vicious attack on the helpless young kitten named "Fifi".
The incident happened on Hartstonge Street in the city on Sunday afternoon when a drunken man picked up the kitten near her home and without reason, brutally stabbed the small animal with a knife.
He then flung the animal at the side wall of a house and left it bleeding profusely on the pavement before staggering off with another individual.
Rushed
The badly injured kitten was rushed to the Treaty Vetinary Clinic in Thomondgate but died a short time later. The owner of "Fifi" brought the stray kitten to Limerick from Sligo while on holiday last month.
"I saw she had nobody so I brought her home with me. She was extremely loveable. You would be watching television and she would sit on your neck, purring all the time," the owner who asked not to be identified said. "I only had her for three weeks; it was a very short life. Why were these people out there with a knife? They have absolutely no regard for a defenceless little kitten.
"Whoever did this could do this again to a little child. The worst thing was they went out drinking afterwards, joking about it." Gardai have been alerted to the incident.
Manager of the Limerick Animal Welfare Sanctuary Jodie Hayward said the incident left her absolutely disgusted.
"People like this have no place in society," Ms Hayward said.
- Barry Duggan

Am I a bad man to think this is hillarious? The funniest part is that they took the standard "A man was fatally stabbed" story and replace man with kitten. So the "badly injured kitten was rushed to the Treaty Vetinary Clinic in Thomondgate but died a short time later".

I apologise in advance if the owner of the cat reads this; I'm not laughing at the death of the cat so much as the style of the article and the surreality of drunkenly attacking a cat.

mardybumbum · 11-09-2008 10:19pm

johnnyskeleton wrote: »

Am I a bad man to think this is hillarious? .

YES:eek:

AtomicHorror · 11-09-2008 10:19pm

johnnyskeleton wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/kitten-stabbed-to-death-in-drunken-attack-1473411.html

Am I a bad man to think this is hillarious? The funniest part is that they took the standard "A man was fatally stabbed" story and replace man with kitten. So the "badly injured kitten was rushed to the Treaty Vetinary Clinic in Thomondgate but died a short time later".

I apologise in advance if the owner of the cat reads this; I'm not laughing at the death of the cat so much as the style of the article and the surreality of drunkenly attacking a cat.

I get that you're laughing at the style of the article, but no it isn't funny.

Jackus · 11-09-2008 10:23pm

"The funniest part"?
Are U sick? How many funny parts you find in this article?

marco murphy · 11-09-2008 10:24pm

The article writing is funny. The story is not

Captain Darling · 11-09-2008 10:24pm

Not quite the purrfect murder.

I'll get my coat

karlr42 · 11-09-2008 10:25pm

I see the black humour in the style in which this is written, alright, but the story itself is overridingly sad..

kwikksilva · 11-09-2008 10:25pm

It completely depends on how you feel about animals and cats, i personally love all kinds of animals and i have 2 cats, so i don't find it funny one bit. The kind of person who would do this is deeply disturbed, and i wouldn't like to think what else they would be capable of.

COH · 11-09-2008 10:31pm

I thought it was pretty funny!

Davidius · 11-09-2008 10:31pm

This is a horrible story.

smemon · 11-09-2008 10:32pm

Guy should get a prison sentence... i wouldn't say i'm an animal lover but to stab a completely defenceless animal to death (when it has trusted you to pick it up) is sickening.

If they know who this guys is, he should be locked up and forced to work with animals when he gets out :mad:

Estella · 11-09-2008 10:36pm

johnnyskeleton wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/kitten-stabbed-to-death-in-drunken-attack-1473411.html

I apologise in advance if the owner of the cat reads this; I'm not laughing at the death of the cat so much as the style of the article and the surreality of drunkenly attacking a cat.

Yeah, I loved the surrealitly of the pisshead who 'picked up a kitten near her home and brutally stabbed and it flung it against a wall'.

WTF

johnnyskeleton · 11-09-2008 10:38pm

Jackus wrote: »

"The funniest part"?
Are U sick? How many funny parts you find in this article?

1) The fact that the killing of a cat makes it into a national broadsheet

2) The way it's a copy and paste job of a real murder story

3) The fact that the kitten was "rushed" to hospital

4) The fact that someone stabbed a kitten

5) The juxtaposition of the words "Brutal" and "Fifi".

EamonnKeane · 11-09-2008 10:39pm

Animal lovers are such weirdos. Cats are not people. They do not have human emotions. Over generations, people have kept those cats who appear to have human expressions and behaviours. This artificial selection has bred cats who behave very warmly towards humans. But they are just animals. A man would be paid handsomely to stab a rat, but there is little to differentiate the two.

Also, animal lovers despise "cruelty", yet actively encourage people to mutilate their pets through "spaying" and "neutering". For what to these animals exist: as individuals in and of themselves, or to serve the needs of their masters?

As for the "worst case we've ever seen" comment; the judge who officiated at Oscar Wilde's trial said the same thing. A week earlier, he had convicted a man of murdering a child. Maybe we all need some perspective.

johnnyskeleton · 11-09-2008 10:44pm

smemon wrote: »

Guy should get a prison sentence... i wouldn't say i'm an animal lover but to stab a completely defenceless animal to death (when it has trusted you to pick it up) is sickening.

Well that's how meat is made to be honest. I think the moral turpitude in this is that it was a completely senseless act.

Setun · 11-09-2008 10:44pm

I remember recently I was walking along bray "beach" when me and my mate saw a schoolbag washed up on the shore. The zip was partially open so I looked in to see what was inside. I shouldn't have looked - someone had put a kitten in the bag, filled the bag with rocks and ****ed it out into the sea. What the hell is wrong with the minds of these people? My cousins kitten was killed when it got out one night and it was found the following day dead after someone dropped a brick on its head.

Re the article, don't buy the indo.

stovelid · 11-09-2008 10:55pm

EamonnKeane wrote: »

Cats are not people. They do not have human emotions.

Who said they were or did?

Even it is just an animal, the guy should be locked up. The sick fcuk.

Heisenberg. · 11-09-2008 10:56pm

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The_Minister · 11-09-2008 11:01pm

Anyone else think that it is INCREDIBLY distasteful to describe the killing of a cat as an atrocity?

arybvtcw0eolkf · 11-09-2008 11:01pm

johnnyskeleton wrote: »

1) The fact that the killing of a cat makes it into a national broadsheet

2) The way it's a copy and paste job of a real murder story

3) The fact that the kitten was "rushed" to hospital

4) The fact that someone stabbed a kitten

5) The juxtaposition of the words "Brutal" and "Fifi".

When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.

m83 · 11-09-2008 11:02pm

RIP kitty

Pyr0 · 11-09-2008 11:03pm

I wouldn't say distastful, but a bit over dramatic. Still though, it is a pretty sad story and one that you wouldn't hear everyday.

Poor kitten.

stovelid · 11-09-2008 11:09pm

The_Minister wrote: »

Anyone else think that it is INCREDIBLY distasteful to describe the killing of a cat as an atrocity?

It's the Indo.

dsmythy · 11-09-2008 11:14pm

Difference between a kitten and a rat?

Stheno · 11-09-2008 11:14pm

That's an awful story, poor kitten

johnnyskeleton · 11-09-2008 11:15pm

Mairt wrote: »

When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.

If I was making an unsustainable argument then I'd take your point but I'm not so I wont. Whether it's wrong to think this is funny or not is a matter of taste, but I fail to see how I have dug a hold for myself.

Dragan · 11-09-2008 11:18pm

Takes a certain kind of mind to do that really, not exactly the kind of mind that deserves any respect.

Captain Darling · 11-09-2008 11:20pm

Hmmm...

fredzer · 11-09-2008 11:21pm

Maybe they were doing Gods work?

http://persistentillusion.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/god_kills_a_kitten.jpg

Dudess · 11-09-2008 11:23pm

OP, I know exactly what you're saying. I love animals and that is a horrible case (just one of many, sadly) but writing it in such a style is ludicrous, and yes, funny. Such a story, if worthy of press coverage at all, deserves a spot in the NIB (news in brief) bar down the side of the page.

The Scientist wrote: »

The perpetrator of this crime was obviously not feline well.

Captain Darling wrote: »

Not quite the purrfect murder.

Lol

The_Minister wrote: »

Anyone else think that it is INCREDIBLY distasteful to describe the killing of a cat as an atrocity?

Maybe not incredibly distasteful, but inappropriate, yes.

EamonnKeane wrote: »

Animal lovers are such weirdos. Cats are not people. They do not have human emotions.

A lot of weirdos out there so

. Animals still feel pain and distress. I'd beg to differ on the emotion thing - my brother's rescue dog seemed like a very, very sad animal when he got her first...
Just noticed: ironic the way your post was thanked by Lil Kitten

keepherlit · 11-09-2008 11:25pm

Terrible act? YES
Is it really front page material? NO
I think there are more pressing issues in the town itself never mind across the rest of the world.
lock him up though and name and shame him.

pookie82 · 11-09-2008 11:27pm

Mairt wrote: »

When you find yourself in a hole, stop digging.

Eh, how the f*ck has he dug himself a hole????:rolleyes:

Dave147 · 11-09-2008 11:27pm

Find it sickening what he did, I hate cats but I would never do anything like this. Story doesn't particularly upset me, it would if it was a dog however.

bronte · 11-09-2008 11:29pm

Wish I hadn't read this

nacho libre · 11-09-2008 11:29pm

The article is full of black humor and anthropomorphic phrases, i still don't find it funny though. I fail to see the humour in someone displaying psychopathic behaviour. Anyone who can take an iron bar to a donkey and beat it to death or do what this man did to the kitten is obviously a loathsome and disturbed individual. Perphaps the scribe is actuely aware of this hence the dramatic tone.

Dudess · 11-09-2008 11:31pm

Reminds me of one of the many page 1 leads in The Simpsons: "Dog kills cat, self"

I wouldn't be so sure it was psychopathic behaviour though, just drunken aggression. It's unbelievable how even perfectly reasonable individuals turn into complete headcases when drunk.

There is nothing funny about the behaviour whatsoever, the OP is focusing purely on the way the report is written.

barnacle · 11-09-2008 11:32pm

That story was grrrrrrrrr-eat!

Puts the ow in miaow!

kraggy · 11-09-2008 11:44pm

johnnyskeleton wrote: »

1) The fact that the killing of a cat makes it into a national broadsheet

2) The way it's a copy and paste job of a real murder story

3) The fact that the kitten was "rushed" to hospital

4) The fact that someone stabbed a kitten

5) The juxtaposition of the words "Brutal" and "Fifi".

1. Not funny considering there's a direct correlation between animal abuse and violence against humans.

2. Prove it.

3. They were hardly going to take their time now, were they?

4. What's funny about that you juvenile twat.

5. How about "Maddie" and "Missing" or "Scared"? That suit you better?

Imbicile.

Dudess · 11-09-2008 11:46pm

But it reads like it's about a human... thus making it very surreal - that's all the OP's saying. He doesn't mean it's literally a copy and paste job of a real murder story, but it reads word for word like one.

It's as if the OP is saying cruelty to animals is funny when that's not what he's saying at all... surely it's not that difficult to grasp?

kraggy · 11-09-2008 11:47pm

keepherlit wrote: »

Terrible act? YES
Is it really front page material? NO
I think there are more pressing issues in the town itself never mind across the rest of the world.
lock him up though and name and shame him.

Which is why animal abuse is so prevalent in society.

They're not deemed as important as human animals. Why, I don't know. Some are more intelligent than others, but intelligence should not be the datum against which we judge whether or not a being deserves respect. They feel pain like the rest of us.

kwikksilva · 11-09-2008 11:50pm

All these people who think that cat/animal lovers are sad, let me say this, it is you who shows yourself up as being insensitive, and not us for think ing its terrible.

Its the same guys who say "oh domestic pets have no emotions and we shouldn't care about them", that when they get to look after their friends dog for a week, they don't want to give it back.

If you consider domestic pets to be in the same basket as pigs,rats and cattle, then you are a clown.

Its different, and they don't deserve to be knifed for no reason.

Its the likes of you and me that domesticised them in the first place for mankinds enjoyment so that it probably didn't even run away from the prick.

As for the OP, i can see the point, i would not expect this in a broadsheet.

But as for some of the followups from others...

Karoma · 11-09-2008 11:51pm

kraggy wrote: »

...
4. What's funny about that you juvenile twat.

5. How about "Maddie" and "Missing" or "Scared"? That suit you better?

Imbicile.

Infracted. Do it again and you're banned.

dsmythy · 11-09-2008 11:51pm

kraggy wrote: »

Which is why animal abuse is so prevalent in society.

They're not deemed as important as human animals. Why, I don't know. Some are more intelligent than others, but intelligence should not be the datum against which we judge whether or not a being deserves respect. They feel pain like the rest of us.

You've never killed a poor innocent rat then no? Fair play if you havn't. One of the few.

Dudess · 11-09-2008 11:52pm

kraggy wrote: »

5. How about "Maddie" and "Missing" or "Scared"? That suit you better?

Well yeah, that's more of a big deal.

kraggy · 11-09-2008 11:55pm

Dudess wrote: »

Well yeah, that's more of a big deal.

My point is that what's so ridiculous about having the kitten's name and the word brutal in the same passage?

Why is it so hilarious when a horrendous act has been carried out against an innocent creature.

Dudess · 12-09-2008 12:04am

It's not - not even remotely.

It's the style of how the article was written though - it seems so serious that it reads like a case involving a person... yet it's a kitten.

AtomicHorror · 12-09-2008 12:07am

johnnyskeleton wrote: »

1) The fact that the killing of a cat makes it into a national broadsheet

2) The way it's a copy and paste job of a real murder story

3) The fact that the kitten was "rushed" to hospital

4) The fact that someone stabbed a kitten

5) The juxtaposition of the words "Brutal" and "Fifi".

Point one, the news is whatever people are interested in. People like their pets and this is a fairly outstanding story of a very unpleasant event.

Point two, it read to me like standard broadsheet journalistic style. All of the articles read similarly, regardless of subject matter. The same turns of phrase tend to get recycled a lot. Maybe it's a house style. Maybe it's the editor. I don't care. That's "funny", if you're into really boring facts.

For point three, pretty much anyone would rush a beloved pet to a veterinary clinic if it were injured. So, not funny.

If you really do find point 4 funny you are displaying a pretty disturbing lack of empathy.

I'll give you point 5 as being vaguely funny.

Dudess · 12-09-2008 12:13am

AtomicHorror wrote: »

Point one, the news is whatever people are interested in. People like their pets and this is a fairly outstanding story of a very unpleasant event.

I'd say it's more a case of it being a slow news day.

Point two, it read to me like standard broadsheet journalistic style. All of the articles read similarly, regardless of subject matter. The same turns of phrase tend to get recycled a lot.

... in reference to people, using such language in reference to a small animal is borderline hysterical. Actually I'm amazed it's in the Indo (rag that it is) and not the Star or Sun or Herald.

For point three, pretty much anyone would rush a beloved pet to a veterinary clinic if it were injured. So, not funny.

I think it's the language that's being referred to again though.

I can't even watch RSPCA ads yet I understand what the OP is saying. Although it didn't make me laugh or anything, his point that the language is ridiculous and inappropriate is absolutely correct.

Harpy · 12-09-2008 12:20am

i read about this alright its absolutely disgusting.. aw the poor little kitten.

AtomicHorror · 12-09-2008 12:21am

dsmythy wrote: »

Difference between a kitten and a rat?

Oh, did you miss that day in school? Let me help. Rats are rodents, kittens are felines. A rat observed out in the open is probably wild, untrusting of humans and perhaps aggressive towards humans if cornered. Most kittens are tame and entirely non-threatening to anything larger than a butterfly, and often not even to them. You can typically assume that a rat is unlikely to be owned and loved by somebody, at least not if you see one in the street. Rats in the wild and particularly in urban settings are associated with disease, and not unjustifiably. Kittens don't usually carry Weil's disease and are rarely a source of contamination resulting in disease or death in humans.

But there is a point in which they are not that different. If you would pick up a rat, stab it repeatedly and throw it against a wall to die, you're still a total psycho and it's still not funny. The only difference here being that you actually have to have some stones to try and pick up a wild rat, and none at all to do so with a kitten.

AtomicHorror · 12-09-2008 12:24am

Dudess wrote: »

Although it didn't make me laugh or anything, his point that the language is ridiculous and inappropriate is absolutely correct.

I do get the point, but if it didn't make you laugh and it didn't make most of the people on the thread laugh, then I guess we can call it ridiculous and inappropriate but not really funny.

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